Quick Start Guide

Install MailStore Server

If you have not already downloaded the free 30-day trial version, please download it from www.mailstore.com and start the installer by double-clicking the setup file, which is a typical Microsoft Windows installer package. Thus, simply follow the on-screen prompts until you are asked to install a license.

Hint: Due to low system requirements, MailStore Server can be installed on a normal workstation computer for testing. Tests with a larger number of users should be done in an environment that follows our System Requirements.

A test installation can be converted to a full version by just replacing the license key. It can also be moved to another computer at any time.

Install Trial License

After the program files have been copied by the installation program, you are required to enter a product key.

You can now either install the trial license you were emailed after downloading the free trial version or a license you have purchased.

Complete the Installation

At the end of the installation, select whether MailStore should automatically configure the Windows firewall and search for updates regularly.

Help us to improve MailStore by enabling the option Submission of anonymous usage data, whereby you help us to even better understand how our software is being used.

Logging on as Administrator

The logon credentials (username/password: admin) required for a newly-installed MailStore Server show up automatically in the login window.

Therefore simply click OK to log on.

Changing the Password

After you have logged in, you are required to change the admin user's password.

Enter the new password into both the New Password and Repeat Password fields and click OK to proceed.

Create Users

It may be more economical to synchronize users with a directory service rather than creating them manually, depending on your system environment. In addition to Active Directory and generic LDAP support, MailStore Server also enables you to synchronize users from MDaemon, Kerio Connect and IceWarp mail servers. By means of the generic Application Integration, users can also be synchronized with your own backend.

If your initial archiving needs only encompass a single mailbox or email files (such as a PST file), manual user creation is entirely adequate.

Option 1: Synchronize Users

To set up synchronization with a directory service in MailStore Server,
proceed as follows:

Click Administrative Tools > Users and Archives > Directory Services.

Change the Directory Services Type to the directory service that matches your environment.

Next, enter the required settings for the selected Directory Services Type. In-depth descriptions of these settings are provided in the MailStore Server help section.

Optional: Click Default Privileges... to view and specify privileges for new users provided from a directory service.

To test your entries, click Test Settings and check the results.

To synchronize, and thereby create the users, click Synchronize Now.

Hint: Some archiving profiles provide a Synchronize with directory service before archiving option, which can be used to ensure that MailStore synchronizes users and their properties regularly.

Option 2: Create Users Manually

To create users manually, proceed as follows:

Click Administrative Tools > Users and Archives > Users.

Click Create New....

Enter a user name for the new user and confirm with OK.

In the next window, enter the full user name and click the Password... button to specify a MailStore password for the new user. Passwords must meet the complexity rules.

Click OK to apply the settings and exit the User Properties.

Note: Manually-created users are permitted to archive email by default.

Archiving Management based on Profiles

Overall Concept

In MailStore Server, email archiving is controlled using archiving profiles.
An archiving profile contains the following data:

What is archived (for example, a specific mail server)

How much is archived (for example, specified mailboxes or a specific folder within a mailbox)

Additional settings such as deletion rules (these settings are disabled by default, enabling you to safely test MailStore in live operating environments)

Note: Archiving profiles can either be run manually or according to a
schedule and they can be modified or deleted at any time. This has no
effect on previously archived emails.

Note: In MailStore Server, archived emails are always associated with
specific users and stored in the corresponding user archives.

Archiving Your First Email

MailStore users who are assigned the required privileges by the MailStore Administrator are able to archive individual mailboxes, local email client profiles, and email files.

Administrators are additionally able to centrally archive email for several or all users. Archiving profiles such as Multiple Mailboxes can be used for this purpose. To get to know MailStore, we recommend first archiving a single mailbox or a local email client profile. To do this, proceed as follows:

Click Archive Email.

In the Create Profile area, select the source for archiving your email.

You can then specify the properties of the archiving profile using the Setup Wizard provided.

The last page in the Setup Wizard dialog box provides a Finish button, which you need to click in order to run the archiving profile.

After archiving is complete, you can immediately access the archived emails using the folder structure provided on the left of the window. The archiving profile you have just created is now displayed in the Saved Profiles list. From here, you can run it whenever it is required.

Note: If you are logged on as the MailStore Administrator while setting up the archiving profile, you can also specify the user archive in which the emails are stored. If you are logged on as a regular user, this is always your own user archive. Please note that in case you are archiving emails into the archive of another user, you will not be able to access these emails, as long as the Archive Access is blocked for MailStore administrators in the compliance settings.

User Access to the Archive

Users can access their individual user archives in a variety of ways. Click the Install MailStore Client on other Computers link on the desktop to access the installers for MailStore Client and the MailStore Outlook add-in.

Via MailStore Client

With MailStore Client, users can access MailStore Server from any computer in the network. With this option, users can search and view emails that have been archived specifically for them. Additionally, users with the corresponding privileges can use MailStore Client to archive emails themselves.

Via the MailStore Outlook Add-In

The MailStore Outlook add-in provides an additional toolbar in Microsoft Outlook that permits easy access to the archive.

Via Other Email Clients

MailStore Server includes an integrated IMAP server for users who need to
access the archive independently of the operating system. This way, the
archive can be accessed from Mac OS and Linux workstations as well as
from most mobile devices. In this case, the archive is accessed like a
regular mailbox (read-only).

Via an Internet Browser (MailStore Web Access)

MailStore Web Access provides users with access to the archive via any Internet browser. No additional software needs to be installed on the user computers. Simply enter http://servername:8461 in your browser (for an encrypted connection, enter https://servername:8462). Make sure to replace servername with the actual name of the computer where MailStore Server is installed.

Via Smartphone (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone, etc.)

MailStore Mobile Web Access lets users access the archive from any location via their smartphone. Mobile Web Access also provides a search function, as well as allowing users to access the folder structure and view the archived emails.